Pension risk transfer litigation: Current trends and economic issues
Introduction to pension risk transfer Defined benefit (DB) pension plans create liabilities that expose plan sponsors to risks such as longevity risk,...
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CRA has been involved in many of the largest and most prominent financial disputes over the last decade. Our clients, who include retail, commercial and wholesale banks, insurers, payments companies, fintech companies, and wealth and asset managers and their counsel, rely on us for high quality research and analysis, expert testimony, and comprehensive support in litigation and regulatory proceedings. Our experts have backgrounds in finance and accounting and work closely with leading academics from top-tier research institutions, including former members of the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, and European Commission.
Our experience in consumer finance extends to all areas of consumer credit analytics, with particular expertise in fair lending/non-discrimination/unfair practices regulatory and litigation matters.
CRA and its subsidiary Marakon also help financial institutions effectively navigate and respond to the new regulatory, competitive, and customer landscape in ways that maximize value creation. We help institutions re-think inorganic strategy, capital allocation, commercial and go-to-market models, and organizational structures and people/talent agendas so as to continue to make fundamental progress in the new world.
Engagements
- 01Court awards more than $400 million following testimony from CRA Finance expertOn July 7, 2026, the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas issued its damages ruling, awarding the excluded lenders approximately $261.13...View engagement
- 02Bridge financing in $180 million merger disputeA CRA team was retained by counsel to support an external expert in a dispute arising from a failed $180 million planned merger. Central to the case were the...View engagement
- 03ADLC publishes a favourable opinion on the creation of a co-reinsurance group for agricultural climate risksOn 4 September 2025, the French Competition Authority (ADLC) published a favourable opinion on the creation of a co-reinsurance group for climate risks in...View engagement
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2026 WFA Meeting/Conference
CRA sponsors the event through the “Charles River Associates Award” of $5,000 for the best paper on corporate finance. For more information on this event,...
NYCBA Artificial Intelligence Conference
CRA is proud to support the conference addressing: (1) AI sentience and questions of personhood; (2) the integration of AI into legal education and...